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I write this message from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fresh from the Global Alliance’s annual general meeting and South American regional conference, held in Sao Paulo in partnership with ABERJE, the Brazilian corporate communication association.
Notwithstanding its social, economic...

March saw the introduction of Facebook’s Timeline as the new standard layout for all brand and organisational users of the social network. The redesign allows organisations to tell their story and share their history and came hot on the heels of personal Timelines, introduced from late 2011...

Higher spending on public relations and communication is being used for measurement and evaluation according to the latest GAP study from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
Drawing information from more than 600 senior communicators in the United States, the study...

Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) are service providers specialising in the assignment of credit ratings. On a global scale, the three main agencies are Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch, between them covering approximately 95% of the market.
CRAs play a crucial and quasi-...

The “Euprera Jos Willems Awards” is the first European-wide competition to find the best Bachelor and Master thesis from students in public relations or communication studies. Winners will be awarded at the Euprera annual congress in Istanbul, September 20-22. This year competition is...

ProCom – the Finnish Association for Communications Professionals turns 65 this year. Established in 1947 the association is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe.
Since then, the communications professionals in Finland have gathered at ProCom Day, their main event of the year...

Noted environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., best-selling author Kevin Carroll and Global Alliance Chair Daniel Tisch are among the speakers at the International Association of Business Communicators’ (IABC) 2012 World Conference, 24–27 June in Chicago, Illinois, USA....

A new model for corporate communication that defines a practical framework for professionals has been unveiled by the Arthur W. Page Society.
Based on insights gained from interviews and surveys with top chief executive officers the hope is the model will help manage the complexity of...

President and CEO of the world's largest independent public relations firm, Richard Edelman, will address the WPRF this November.
Convened every two years by the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management the WPRF will be hosted by the Public Relations...